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Norman O. Brown lecture at the Cage Symposium at Wesleyan University, 1988-02-23

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Title
Norman O. Brown lecture at the Cage Symposium at Wesleyan University, 1988-02-23
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Brown, Norman Oliver, 1913-2002 (Speaker)
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) (Host)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1988-02-23
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1660
Topics
Cage, John
Cage, John -- Roaratorio
Cage, John -- Silence
Cage, John -- Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Finnegans wake
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Journal
Aleatory music -- History and criticism
Music and philosophy
Genres
Lectures
Notes
Content: Contains Norman O. Brown's lecture at Wesleyan University as part of the Cage Symposium celebrating John Cage's 75th birthday.
Content: Title, speaker, date, and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten and typed notes on original container and cassette, and audition.
Content: Handwritten note on original container: "Cage Symposium ; Norman O. Brown". Typed note on original cassette: "Cage Symposium 2/23/88 ; Lecture - Norman O. Brown ; Wesleyan University ; Middletown, CT ; COPY".
Venue: Recorded at Wesleyan University in, Middletown, Connecticut, 1988 February 23.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (63 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is good.
Description
Streaming file 1, side 1: Unidentified speaker introduces Norman O. Brown, ca. 0:00-0:25; Norman O. Brown speaks about John Cage; parallels between civilization, music, and social movements; Cage's use of noise and James Joyce's Finnegans wake; experimental music, history, nihilism, and religion; he quotes from Cage's writings over the years and interprets these, and Cage's compositions, through the "Dionysian" and "Apollonian" dichotomy; more about Finnegan's wake; ends abruptly. Streaming file 2, side 2: Begins abruptly, Norman O. Brown continues to speak about the "Dionysian" and "Apollonian" dichotomy in John Cage's music, especially in chance operations; he speaks about Cage's Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake; more about chance operations; he quotes from Cage's Silence; more about "Dionysian" and "Apollonian" aspects of Cage's work; he reads and interprets an excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's journal entry on the fire in the woods; he refers to the biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the "fiery furnace"; [brief audience applause].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 933582900
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20868032
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d06b3000-b94f-0133-9c04-3c07547a230f
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MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Norman O. Brown lecture at the Cage Symposium at Wesleyan University, 1988-02-23" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e983f8c0-b94f-0133-4047-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Norman O. Brown lecture at the Cage Symposium at Wesleyan University, 1988-02-23" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e983f8c0-b94f-0133-4047-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1988). Norman O. Brown lecture at the Cage Symposium at Wesleyan University, 1988-02-23 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e983f8c0-b94f-0133-4047-3c07547a230f

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Norman O. Brown lecture at the Cage Symposium at Wesleyan University, 1988-02-23